Dhaka, Feb 17 (UNB) - Under-five and school-aged children are suffering from anaemia in the country, but almost half of all preschool aged children and more than half of women have deficiencies in zinc, says a newly released combined micronutrients...

This paper considers the temporal practices inherent in the work of global agrobiodiversity conservation, drawing on on-going research with the Nordic Genetic Resource Centre and the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. It contrasts the distinctive,

Town by town, I looked for these seeds, studying where they might be located. I started driving to many states in Mexico trying to find them, but there were none. It was so disappointing. One by one, I had people

Very sad to hear a few days ago that Dr Bhuwon Sthapit, a tireless champion of the role of local communities in agrobiodiversity conservation, has died. There’s a lovely tribute on the Bioversity website. And a more formal obituary in

With great sadness, we announce the passing of our dear friend and colleague, Dr Bhuwon Sthapit. Bhuwon has been an esteemed colleague at Bioversity International for 20 years, since he started in 1997. His contributions to the conservation of agricultural biodiversity in situ and to participatory crop improvement have…

I just can’t resist following up yesterday’s Nibble on the history of citrus fruits in the Mediterranean with a couple of recent news stories about unconventional uses for orange peels. To wit, making clothes and environmental restoration. What would those

It isn’t that people don’t want to know who bred their favourite fruit and vegetable varieties, it’s just that the story of those breeders is so seldom put before us. A tribute post from @culinarybreedingnetwork alerted me to the death

Source: AgroEcology Fund Rucha Chitnis Jennifer with two Gorarave girls preparing for "Womanhood" ceremony The bounty and diversity of Papua New Guinea can easily make one’s jaw drop. Home to a staggering array of endemic species and over 800 indigenous tribes, Papua New Guinea is also the...

Bring NUS back to the table! September 2017 Padulosi, S. Bring NUS back to the table!. GREAT Insights Magazine, Volume 6, Issue 4. September/October 2017. NUS, or Neglected and Underutilized Species, are wild, cultivated or semi-domesticated non-commodity crops at the margin of mainstream...

Interesting article in Modern Farmer, on Why We Need to Revitalize Organic Seed Farming. They rounded up the usual suspects, who offer the expected explanations, none of which detracts from the importance of what some breeders are doing. “The heirloom

The 4th International Symposium on Genomics of Plant Genetic Resources is off and running in Giessen, Germany, with a packed programme of cool examples of the application of the latest gizmos and fancy maths to the conservation and use of

The World Vegetable Center has a new logo and strategy. Great too see the genebank front and center. More later, after I’ve had a chance to digest it all. Including this paper on their eggplant collection, coincidentally just out. Oh

In loving memory of Dr. Bhuwon Ratna Sthapit, Community Based Agrobiodiversity defender, mentor and dear friend of PAR We are saddened to hear about the passing of Dr. Bhuwon Ratna Sthapit, Senior Scientist at Bioversity International in Nepal.

“Variety is the very spice of life, which gives it all its flavour” wrote William Cowper in his poem “The Task”. Endless repetition gets very boring and even depressing, at least it gets for me. And who doesn’t like to try something new every once in a while?

Or any other food, for that matter, at least in the US. Well, now there’s The Rhythm of Food for all the answers, in nice visualizations to boot. And if anyone knows why Americans do more searching for coconut during

Traditional crops have important values for nutrition and climate resilience but have often been under-researched and under-valued in agricultural development. Household surveys were performed in communities in India, Guatemala, and Mali to understand the role of underutilized crops in their...

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